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Article Excerpt
This column provides a forum for responses to the contents of this journal, and for information of interest to readers. The editor reserves the right to publish letters in excerpted form and to edit them for conciseness and clarity.
To the Editor:
In her review of publications by Rebecca Clarke (Notes, September 2003), Liane Curtis introduces a number of misleading observations.
In a spirit of full disclosure, let me state my interest in this matter. I am director, Music (USA), at Oxford University Press, which has been one of Clarke's principal publishers for nearly eighty years. I prepared the musical editions under review, wrote the accompanying editorial notes, and am directly responsible for every aspect of this music's publication. Privately, I own and exercise the composer's rights in Clarke's musical and literary works, and own most of her manuscripts and papers, pursuant to Clarke's wishes as realized by her heirs.
Dr. Curtis's review misinforms Notes readers in a number of instances, of which a few examples follow:
1. Dr. Curtis states that it "was not Clarke's wish" that I should own the rights in her works, and that Clarke "made no...
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